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QuakeCon 2005 Finalized in Game News Stardock Forums

The QuakeCon 2005 site has been updated to hold the finalized information for this year's festival. QuakeCon 2005, which is to be held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas from August 11 to 14 will be headlined by a keynote address from id Software Lead Programmer John Carmack and the first public multiplayer demo of Quake IV as reported by Gamespot. Along with those two highlights will come new information

Leland Yee Strikes Again in Game News Stardock Forums

Gamespot has caught wind of Leland Yee making more moves against the video game industry. The California Democratic Assemblyman has set his sights on one game specifically this time, Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Yee has signaled out San Andres due to something that isn't even in the gameplay, but instead buried in the game's source code. A few people with too much time found that deep in the game's code are a few mini-games that were remove

Ritual Entertainment Producing SiN Sequel in Game News Stardock Forums

Ritual Entertainment, the developer's behind SiN, has announced that they will be putting out episodic content as the game's sequel. The content will be distributed with the help of Activision and Valve's Steam content delivery system. The first episode has been dubbed Emergence with the whole package being called SiN Episodes. The game will be based on Valve's Half-Life 2 Source engine and will naturally come with new weapons, update graphics and

World Series of Poker Interactive in Game News Stardock Forums

As previously announced, Activision plans to develop games based on the World Series of Poker license that they acquired last month from Harrah's. Since the World Series of Poker tournament is currently going on in Las Vegas, Activision in its infinite wisdom, has decided to re-announce and show off the game during the tournament. The as yet unnamed game will be hitting shelves "later this summer" for PC, PSP, PS2, Gamecube and Xbox. This is to be t

The Guy Game Dead in Game News Stardock Forums

Policy makers and parents have won the battle against Top Heavy Games', The Guy Game. The developer has thrown in the towel, apparently, and is using the footage from the Spring Break based trivia game to produce a collector's edition DVD, dubbed The Guy Game Gameover! The Guy Game came into trouble when a girl appearing in the game said she hadn't given consent to Top Heavy Games to use her footage. What's worse is that she couldn't have gi

Madden NFL 2006 Pre-Order Bonus in Game News Stardock Forums

Game retailers have begun taking pre-orders for Electronic Arts first exclusive NFL game, Madden NFL 2006. This year's Madden will come complete with EA Sports Fantasy Football Commissioner service when you pre-order the game, a service that would normally run you another $49.99. EA's fantasy league will also link with Madden NFL 2006 giving tips on possible trades players should make or allowing you to simulate an upcoming match to try and make the best sel

Addicted to the Internet? Go to China in Game News Stardock Forums

AzCentral has an article on the recently opened Chinese center to fight Internet Addiction. The center was started to help young and old fight Internet addictions including video games and chat rooms. The center employs a dozen nurses and 11 doctors to help its patients, who are mostly 14-24 years old. The most common problem associated with the obsessions is lack of sleep, followed by loss of weight and friends. As you may guess, the younger generation is m

MMO Farming in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

For those MMO players out there, especially the hardcore ones, you may have heard of the so called "farmers." Players who simply play the game to get items/gold to sell for profit. 1Up.com has a pretty in-depth article on the topic including interviews with the people, and some information on just how much these virtual sweatshops can pull in, 6-7 figures!

City of Heroes Announces Update in Game News Stardock Forums

City of Heroes has announced its latest content update, Issue 5: Forest of Dread. Forest of Dread will bring gamers of the popular MMO a new zone, for characters level 25-35, along with new villains and of course new task force missions. NCSoft will also be adding two new offensive types, sonic and archery and various new zone events. Prepare yourself for Forest of Dread this August.

Left Behind Goes Biblical in Game News Stardock Forums

Left Behind Games has announced its first game, Eternal Forces, based on the company's Left Behind novels. The company was founded in 2001 to bring morally right and family-friendly titles to a market they believe has been untouched. Left Behind hopes that starting with Eternal Forces they will be the founders of a new genre, dubbed "God Games." The Left Behind novels have sold over 63 million copies and were adapted to film starring Kirk Cameron fro

MTV Games Gets Stacked in Game News Stardock Forums

MTV and their new gaming division, MTV Games, have announced their plans to promote the Texas Hold'em game Stacked With Daniel Negreanu along with the developer Myelin Media. The news comes just a week after MTV Games' formation and announcement that they will be teaming with Midway on three upcoming games, for unannounced platforms. Midway is run by Sumner Redstone, the corporate chairman of Viacom, which owns MTV. Myelin Media plans to r

Reply to Windows Update - Updated to version 6 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Nice to have then finally integrate their other products into their update page.

The Barbarians Are Coming in Game News Stardock Forums

Sega of America announced this holiday weekend that they will be publishing the expansion for The Creative Assembly's award winning RTS, Rome: Total War. The now Sega owned developer plans to unleash the hordes on Europe and North America in September 2005 with Rome: Total War – Barbarian Invasion. The invasion commences just after the last Emperor of the Roman Empire has died. His death causes a power struggle between the late Emperor's

Reply to Google to blame for various social/economic problems in Google WinCustomize Forums

I can see that being a debate in the 2008 race...Google Toolbar vs No Google Toolbar

Reply to Another WoW post...oh surprise! in WoW Stardock Forums

Wait so mages aren't supposed to tank? /me respecs

Reply to One More Reason to be a PC Gamer in Open Talk Stardock Forums

I got hit while fixing a cotton candy machine at my old job. 220volts of hot loving!

Gaming Could Save Lives in Game News Stardock Forums

A new study has found that video gamers' eyes tend to react slightly faster than non-gamers. Lead experimenter Dr. Alan Castel's experiment tested college-aged hardcore gamers, novices and non-gamers to a "inhibition of return" challenge. An example of this test is looking for your keys, you look at were you thought you left them, then around the area and then generally back to your initial spot. Gamers of either type were faster to find their targe

Reply to Dave Chappelle on WoW in Game News Stardock Forums

He should do a WoW skit like he did for GTA, that was hilarious I just wished he had gone through a few of them through that episode showing other things. If he did do a WoW skit hopefully it wouldn't be cliche like all the game comics have done (the same few about ressurecting the undead or how the female's "armor" is just busty/sexy outfits).

One More Reason to be a PC Gamer in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Boy hit by lightning through console controller!

SAG To Vote on Video Game Contract in Game News Stardock Forums

The Screen Actors Guild may once again reverse its stance with the game industry because their contract is now going up for a vote. As you may have heard , SAG previously rejected the already accepted agreement with game publishers. Now SAG decided to let its members vote on the topic, and has sent referendums to its good standing members. Along with the vote comes an extension

Codemasters Goes Online in Game News Stardock Forums

Codemasters has announced that they have created a new division dedicated strictly to online gaming. Codemasters Online Gaming will focus on Massively Multiple Player Online and casual online games with David Solari heading the new division. Solari was previously Codemasters’ PC Group Brand Manager, working on titles such as Operation Flashpoint and Soldiers. The new division will first be working on a casual gaming portal with major announcements fo

Pilot Down Delay Confirmed in Game News Stardock Forums

TotalGaming has confirmed rumors that Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines has been delayed. The upcoming action game will have players trying to scramble for the Swiss border after having your plane shot down somewhere over Germany. Oxygen Interactive has confirmed that the game has indeed been delayed from May 2005 to August 19th, 2005with the delay hitting all platforms, PS2, Xbox and PC. No reason was given for the three month delay but it will most l

Weird Worlds 2 Coming Soon in Game News Stardock Forums

Digital Eel and Shrapnel Games have announced that the off the wall space adventure Weird Worlds is getting a sequel. Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is to be published by Shrapnel Games under a new publishing contract. The new adventure no longer promises to allow you to "Explore the galaxy...in 20 minutes or less!" but has instead flipped its predecessor motto, "Explore the galaxy...in 20 minutes or more!" Return to Infinite Space promises to be "bi

Reply to Saving time in GalCiv Journals Stardock Forums

Optimization?! HOLY CRAP!

EVE Online Content Update Announced in Game News Stardock Forums

GameIndustry.biz has received word that EVE Online will be receiving a large content update during the first week of July. CCP Games, EVE's developer, announced that the content update, dubbed EVE Online: Cold War Edition, will be provided free of charge to all players. EVE Online has over 60,000 current subscribers and celebrated having 10,000 simultaneous users early last year. EVE has since taken the title for having the most users logg